HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers are pushing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to do more to investigate the deaths of older adults who are the subject of an abuse or neglect complaint after Pennsylvania recorded a steep increase in such deaths, starting in 2019. Shapiro’s Department of Aging has balked at the idea raised by Republican lawmakers, who have …
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Longtime Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s office has remained silent on whether the powerful Keystone State lawmaker still endorses freshman Squad member Rep. Summer Lee in light of backlash over her rhetoric on Israel. Fox News Digital reached out to Casey’s Senate office, press secretary, chief of staff and campaign repeatedly this week to see if the Democratic lawmaker endorses …
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Police have captured two people of interest after a New York woman was allegedly killed by squatters and stuffed into a duffel bag in her apartment. Two people connected to the death of 52-year-old Nadia Vitels were captured in York, Pennsylvania, Friday by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital. Halley Tejada, …
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A famed battleship was floating down the Delaware River on Thursday as the USS New Jersey left its dock in Camden, New Jersey, on its way to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for extensive maintenance work. The vessel, guided by tugboats, was first headed to the Paulsboro Marine Terminal, where it will be balanced to prepare for dry docking and will …
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Investigators were searching Thursday for the cause of a fire that tore through a house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, killing a man and four children and spreading to another house before the flames were extinguished. Firefighters arrived quickly but found the two-story house in Jeannette already engulfed. The man’s fiancée and two other children were rescued by a neighbor, police …
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John Calipari has served as the head coach of the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team for well over a decade. But the Pittsburgh native has never forgotten his roots. During a preview of the Wildcats first round matchup against Oakland on Thursday night, Calipari spoke about his “blue-collar” upbringing and what it meant being back in Pittsburgh for the …
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The suspect in a Philadelphia mass shooting last summer who had been deemed mentally incompetent is headed to trial after his lawyers told a judge he has been undergoing treatment and is prepared to move forward with the case. Kimbrady Carriker, 41, is charged with five counts of murder, as well as attempted murder, aggravated assault and illegal gun possession …
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Police leaders in Pennsylvania are railing against longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Casey for aligning himself with a pro-defund the police group as he gears up for a reelection campaign that is anticipated to be a nail-biter. “At a time when there were four shootings in four days on our local public transit system, and law enforcement across the Commonwealth is …
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The mother of a Pennsylvania woman who was killed in a shooting rampage in Bucks County over the weekend is calling her daughter a hero. Police arrested 26-year-old Andre Gordon in Trenton, New Jersey, hours after authorities say Gordon went to two homes in Falls Township and fatally shot three people. The victims were identified as Karen Gordon, 52, Taylor …
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FIRST ON FOX: Conservative groups are launching the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania’s largest ever vote-by-mail program with a massive multimillion-dollar investment aimed at turning out conservative voters on more than just Election Day. The effort is being led by three conservative PACs — the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) PAC, the Keystone Renewal PAC and The Sentinel Action Fund …
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